3301.0712 R.C. 3365.07, 3365.01, conforming change in R.C. 3301.0712 R.C. 3365.07, 3365.01, conforming change in R.C. 3301.0712 R.C.
Prohibits payments made by ODE for a CCP course under an alternative payment structure from being below the default floor amount (in FY 2017, the default floor amount per credit hour is $42).
No provision. (Current law permits CCP payments below the default floor, so long as the agreement complies with all other requirements of the CCP program.)
No provision.
No provision. No provision. Permits, rather than requires as under current law, the
Chancellor of Higher Education to approve payments made by ODE for a CCP course under an alternative payment structure to be below the default floor amount, so long as the provisions of the agreement comply with all other
requirements of CCP to ensure program quality. Prohibits payments made by ODE for a CCP course under
an alternative payment structure from exceeding the college's standard rate for an undergraduate course, if that rate is less than the default ceiling amount (the default ceiling rate per credit hour for FY 2017 is $166). Defines "standard rate" for the purposes of the CCP program as the in-state, undergraduate tuition cost per credit hour for non- CCP students.
Same as the Executive. Same as the Executive.
Specifies that if ODE is required to pay the default ceiling amount or 50% of the default ceiling amount for a CCP course under the default payment structure, ODE must instead pay the college's standard rate, if that rate is less than the default ceiling amount, or 50% of that amount, whichever is applicable.
Fiscal effect: May increase or decrease the aggregate amounts paid to colleges under CCP, which are funded through deductions of school district state foundation aid for public school students and direct appropriations for chartered nonpublic and home-instructed students. On one hand, colleges with agreements below the default floor amount will experience a gain in revenue while, conversely, school districts that have entered into such agreements will experience an increase in the amount deducted from their state foundation aid for each applicable participant in CCP. On the other hand, there will be a revenue loss for colleges that will be limited to charging their standard rate. Due to their lower tuition rates, this provision primarily affects community colleges and could also affect some
university branch campuses. Accordingly, deductions of state aid from school districts may decrease.
Fiscal effect: Same as the Executive, but eliminates the As Introduced bill's fiscal effects associated with its prohibition on payments below the default floor.
Fiscal effect: Same as the House, but also gives the Chancellor additional discretion in approving payments below the default floor.
College Credit Plus - dates for payments to colleges EDUCD117
3365.07 R.C.
No provision. No provision. Specifies January 31, for fall participants, and July 31, for
spring participants, as the dates by which ODE must make payments to colleges for CCP program participants, unless there is incomplete or disputed information for a participant (under current law, payments must be made "each January and July, or as soon as possible thereafter").
No provision. No provision. Maintains current law requiring payments for summer term
CCP participants to be made each September, or as soon as possible thereafter.
College Credit Plus - textbooks EDUCD48 3365.072, 3365.01, 3365.07, conforming change in R.C. 3301.0712, Section 733.30 R.C. 3365.072, 3365.01, 3365.07, conforming change in R.C. 3301.0712, Section 733.30 R.C.
Requires, beginning in the 2018-2019 school year, each public and nonpublic high school to enter into an agreement with each college that enrolls the school's participants under Option B of CCP to specify arrangements for the provision of textbooks. Specifies that a textbook agreement is separate from any CCP funding agreement that the school and college enter into for the payment of tuition and fees under the program.
Same as the Executive. No provision.
Requires the agreement to include the following provisions: Same as the Executive, but makes the following changes: No provision.
(1) The college must provide all required textbooks to participants.
(1) Same as the Executive. No provision.
(2) The high school must pay for the textbooks under one of the following two options:
(2) Same as the Executive, but makes the following changes: No provision.
(a) The school pays the college $10 per credit hour per participant, the college owns the textbooks, and the participant returns the textbooks to the college; or
(a) Same as the Executive, but specifies the school pays the college 50% of the cost of required textbooks for each participant.
No provision.
(b) The school and the college agree on an amount, which the school pays to the college, and specify who owns the textbooks and to whom the participant returns the textbooks.
(b) Same as the Executive. No provision.
(4) The procedures established for the efficient distribution of textbooks to participants, which must include specified administrative and procedural information.
(4) Same as the Executive. No provision.
Prescribes a different structure for home-instructed
participants to procure textbooks under CCP by requiring the participant to choose one or more of the following
arrangements and notify the college of the option selected:
Same as the Executive, but makes the following changes: No provision.
(1) The participant pays the college $10 per credit hour to rent the textbooks, the college owns the textbooks, and the participant returns the textbooks to the college.
(1) Same as the Executive, but specifies that the participant pays the college 50% of the cost of required textbooks.
No provision.
(2) The participant purchases and owns the textbooks. (2) Same as the Executive. No provision.
Defines "textbook" as any paper, electronic, or other purchased coursework material.
Same as the Executive. No provision.
Permits multi-year textbook agreements for textbooks required for courses that are delivered at the high school on a regular basis and taught by a high school teacher.
Same as the Executive. No provision.
Requires high schools to include information on the school's textbook agreements in the counseling information currently provided to students.
Same as the Executive. No provision.
Requires the Chancellor of Higher Education, in consultation with the Superintendent of Public Instruction, to collect regular feedback regarding textbook agreements from schools, colleges, and interested parties.
Fiscal effect: The overall effect is uncertain given that textbook arrangements under current law vary
depending on the type of high school, college, and availability of alternative CCP payment arrangements. However, it is possible that the provision shifts
responsibility for a portion of the costs of textbooks for some CCP participants to the college by limiting the high school's cost to $10 per credit hour per participant as one funding option. Under current law, public and chartered nonpublic high schools must pay for a
student's textbooks if the student is enrolled in a public college and ODE pays the default payment amounts under CCP. However, if the high school and college enter into an agreement establishing an alternative payment structure, the high school and college may determine an alternative arrangement for which entity is responsible for the student's textbooks. In other
circumstances, textbook arrangements are left to the high school and the college to determine under an alternative payment structure.
Fiscal effect: Same as the Executive, but may increase the share of textbook costs paid by a participant's school district.
College Credit Plus - underperforming students EDUCD46
3365.091
R.C. R.C. 3365.091 R.C. 3365.091
Requires the Chancellor of Higher Education, in consultation with the Superintendent of Public Instruction, to adopt rules specifying conditions under which participants determined to be underperforming may continue participating in CCP.
Same as the Executive. Same as the Executive.
Requires the rules to at least address the following topics: (1) the definition of an underperforming participant, (2) additional conditions for participants with repeated
underperformance to satisfy, (3) the timeframe for notifying an underperforming participant who is determined to be eligible for participation of such ineligibility, (4) mechanisms to assist underperforming participants, (5) the role of school guidance counselors and college academic advisors in assisting underperforming participants, (6) if a student is determined to be ineligible for participation, any
consequences that ineligibility may have on the student's ability to complete the high school's graduation
requirements, and (7) the school year for which implementation of the rules first apply.
Requires the Chancellor of Higher Education, in consultation with the Superintendent of Public Instruction, to establish a process to receive input from public and private high schools and colleges, and other interested parties.
Same as the Executive. Same as the Executive.
Fiscal effect: Depending on the rules adopted, may reduce participation in the CCP program, and thus, the amounts deducted from school district state foundation aid allocations to pay the costs of the program for public school students. Any reduction is likely to be small. The Department of Higher Education has identified between 2% and 4% of CCP participants as "underperforming."
College Credit Plus - biennial report EDUCD109
3365.15 R.C.
No provision. Specifies, for the purposes of the biennial CCP report
required under current law, that only data available through the Higher Education Information System (a database administered by the Chancellor of Higher Education through which colleges submit various enrollment and finance data) may be included in that report.
No provision.
Fiscal effect: None. College Credit Plus - outcomes report
EDUCD90
3365.15 R.C.
No provision. Requires the Chancellor of Higher Education and
Superintendent of Public Instruction to submit an annual report on outcomes of the CCP program, supported by empirical evidence.
No provision.
No provision. Requires the annual report to include a number of measures
that are disaggregated by students who participated in CCP and, upon graduation, enroll in an Ohio college during the same academic year.
No provision.
No provision. Requires each report to be submitted annually by December
31 from 2018 to 2023.
No provision.
Fiscal effect: May minimally increase administrative costs for the Department of Higher Education and ODE.
Exemption from minor labor law requirements EDUCD6
4109.06
R.C. R.C. 4109.06 R.C. 4109.06
Specifies that the employers of minors participating in a STEM program approved by ODE or any eligible classes through the College Credit Plus Program (CCP) that include a recognized pre-apprenticeship program that imparts the skills and knowledge needed for successful participation in a registered apprenticeship occupation course are exempt from the state minor labor law, which restricts employment of minors in certain occupations, in addition to career-technical programs approved by ODE as under current law.
Same as the Executive, but specifies that the CCP classes must include a "state-recognized" pre-apprenticeship program.
Same as the House.
Fiscal effect: None. Fiscal effect: Same as the Executive. Fiscal effect: Same as the Executive.
Straight A Program EDUCD75
265.340
Section: Section: 265.340
Creates the Straight A Program to provide grants to school districts, JVSDs, ESCs, community schools, STEM schools, college preparatory boarding schools, individual school buildings, education consortia, institutions of higher education, and private or governmental entities partnering with one or more of those educational entities for projects that aim to achieve significant advancement in the following:
Same as the Executive, but specifies that institutions of higher education may be part of, including the lead applicant for, education consortia that receive grants under the
Straight A Program.
No provision.
(1) Increased student achievement, (2) spending reduction in the five year fiscal forecast for the purpose of redirecting the cost savings to support educational programming, and (3) use of shared service delivery models.
Same as the Executive, but adds that new career and job pathways for underserved students from rural and urban areas that enhance access to employment in high-demand fields, including software and mobile application
development, through innovation programs and partnerships between schools, institutions of higher education, and
employers may be a goal for a project that receives grants under the Program.
Establishes a nine-member governing board to award the grants. Requires ODE to provide administrative support to the board. Requires the board to select advisors with fiscal and education expertise to evaluate grant proposals.
Requires the board to issue an annual report concerning the program.
Same as the Executive, but also requires the Program's governing board to select grant advisors with workforce development expertise and technology or high-demand careers expertise.
No provision.
Specifies the required components for each grant application and agreement as well as procedures and certain criteria to be used by the board in awarding the grants.
Same as the Executive, but (1) also requires the Program's governing board to (a) establish an initial grant application period of at least 60 days and (b) give priority to applicants that demonstrate new career and job pathways for
underserved students from rural and urban areas (in addition to those that demonstrate cost savings as in the Executive) over other applicants when determining whether to award grants from among two or more applicants of similar score and (2) removes a provision stating that if the proposal submitted by a grant applicant for a project will result in increased ongoing spending, that proposal must show how the spending will be offset by verifiable, credible, and permanent spending reductions.
No provision.
Specifies that a grant awarded under the Program shall not exceed $1,000,000.
Same as the Executive, but permits a grant awarded to an education consortium to exceed $1,000,000.
No provision.
Fiscal effect: The bill appropriates $15 million in each fiscal year from SLF Fund 7017 appropriation item 200648, Straight A Fund, for the grants.
Fiscal effect: Decreases appropriations for SLF Fund 7017 appropriation item 200648, Straight A Fund, to $5 million each fiscal year, including an earmark of
$500,000 each fiscal for the Bright New Leaders for Ohio Schools Program.
National Assessment of Education Progress EDUCD78
265.380
Section: Section: 265.380 Section: 265.380
Expresses the General Assembly's intention that Ohio school districts participate in the administration of the National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP). Requires each school and school district selected to participate.
Same as the Executive. Same as the Executive.
Fiscal effect: Minimal cost for districts chosen to
participate. Federal funding is provided for coordination of the state's participation in NAEP.
Fiscal effect: Same as the Executive. Fiscal effect: Same as the Executive.
Use of volunteers EDUCD7
265.420
Section: Section: 265.420 Section: 265.420
Authorizes ODE to use the services of volunteers to accomplish any of the purposes of ODE.
Same as the Executive. Same as the Executive.
Authorizes the Superintendent of Public Instruction to
reimburse volunteers for necessary expenses in accordance with state guidelines and to designate volunteers as state employees for the purposes of motor vehicle accident liability insurance and for indemnification from liability incurred in the performance of their duties.
Same as the Executive. Same as the Executive.
Fiscal effect: Potential cost savings for ODE if they can utilize volunteers for purposes which they would otherwise need to hire additional employees. This is a continuation of current law.
Private treatment facility project EDUCD8
265.450
Section: Section: 265.450 Section: 265.450
Establishes procedures by which Ohio youth who have been assigned to a participating residential treatment center are enrolled in an approved educational program in or near the facility.
Same as the Executive. Same as the Executive.
Lists the participating residential treatment centers as (1) private residential treatment facilities that have contracted with the Department of Youth Services to provide services and which are paid through appropriation item 470401, RECLAIM Ohio, (2) Abraxas, in Shelby, (3) Paint Creek, in Bainbridge, and (4) F.I.R.S.T., in Mansfield.
Same as the Executive. Same as the Executive.
Requires that the school district responsible for tuition for a residential child pay the tuition to the provider of the
educational programs. Prohibits a district from including the youth in the district's average daily membership (ADM). Requires that ODE track the utilization of funds and monitor the program for educational accountability.
Same as the Executive. Same as the Executive.
Fiscal effect: In addition to the tuition payment, the bill earmarks $700,000 in each fiscal year from GRF
appropriation item 200550, Foundation Funding, for the Private Treatment Facility Project.
Partnerships with the business community EDUCD9
265.460
Section: Section: 265.460 Section: 265.460
Specifically permits the Superintendent of Public Instruction to form partnerships with Ohio's business community to implement initiatives that connect students with the business community to increase student engagement and job
readiness. If the Superintendent forms such a partnership, requires that the initiatives do all of the following:
Same as the Executive. Same as the Executive.
(1) Support the career connection learning strategies included in model curriculum developed by the State Board and workforce development entities;
(1) Same as the Executive. (1) Same as the Executive.
(2) Provide an opportunity for students to earn high school credit or to meet curriculum requirements in accordance with the State Board's plan on subject area competency;
(2) Same as the Executive. (2) Same as the Executive.
(3) Inform the development of student success plans for students who are at-risk of dropping out of school.
(3) Same as the Executive. (3) Same as the Executive.
Fiscal effect: Permissive increase in administrative responsibilities for ODE to form the partnerships and assist in the development of partnership initiatives.
School property EDUCD102
610.60, 610.61
Sections: Sections: 610.60, 610.61
No provision. Amends Section 7 of Sub. H.B. 532 of the 129th General
Assembly, as amended by Am. Sub. H.B. 64 of the 131st General Assembly to extend, from December 31, 2017, to December 31, 2019, the expiration of a provision of current law that temporarily permits a city school district to provide to a chartered nonpublic school that is the current leaseholder the highest priority to purchase an athletic field that the district owns.
Same as the House.
Fiscal effect: None. Fiscal effect: Same as the House.
Workgroup on related services personnel EDUCD106
733.65
Section: Section: 733.65
No provision. Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to
establish a workgroup on related services personnel, for the purpose of improving the coordination of state, school, and provider efforts to address the related services needs of students with disabilities.
Same as the House.
No provision. Requires the workgroup to include the following members:
employees of ODE, the Department of Higher Education, and other state agencies that have a role in addressing the related services needs of students with disabilities as well as representatives from certain interested parties and
stakeholder groups.
Same as the House.
No provision. Requires the workgroup to (1) identify and evaluate causes
and solutions for the shortage of related services personnel in schools, (2) establish short-term, medium-term, and long-
term goals to address the shortage and monitor progress on those goals, and (3) report, as needed, on its work and findings.
No provision. Requires ODE to provide administrative support to the
workgroup.
Same as the House.
No provision. Specifies that the workgroup will cease to exist on June 30,
2019, unless the General Assembly authorizes its continuation.
Same as the House.
Fiscal effect: Increases the administrative
responsibilities of ODE, the Department of Higher